What should you pay attention to when your dog is pregnant?

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Sarah Johnson

Healthcare Technology Correspondent

What should you pay attention to when your dog is pregnant?
1. Make sure the female dog has enough food and water every day. You can switch to more nutritious puppy food. If she used to eat a handful of dog food at one meal, she will now give her two handfuls at a time, but she can’t eat to full. Eat some vegetables, cucumbers and cabbage every day (just wash them and eat them raw, wash them and soak them, be sure to wash them). One boiled egg yolk a day can supplement lecithin and provide high nutrition to prevent excessive hair loss after childbirth.

2. Just eat enough every day. Don’t let the dog eat too much to prevent the baby from growing big and fat. Excessive physical exertion during delivery will cause dystocia, which will bring danger to both the dog and the baby.

3. Exercise appropriately every day, go out for a walk, and bask in the sun. Going out for a walk will strengthen the dog's physical strength, which will help the dog give birth smoothly and avoid dystocia (make sure to walk for about 15 minutes as usual every day, and remember to bring water for the dog to drink when going out). Walking more can help you get some sun exposure and promote calcium absorption.

4. Calcium must be supplemented, take one calcium tablet a day, and you can also supplement vitamin B complex and vitamin C appropriately.

5. Prepare the birthing den first. You can sort out the old clothes at home, wash them, dry them, and store them for easy use. The more the better, because after the dog gives birth, body fluids will flow out and wet the bedding, so they must be replaced in time to keep them dry. .

6. Before giving birth (usually in the early morning), stay with the dog as much as possible. The dog will start to tremble and find a darker corner to burrow in. At this time, you need to take out the prepared birthing box and carry the dog inside.